La Cour suprême du Canada a statué ce matin que publier un hyperlien menant à des déclarations diffamatoires ne constitue pas un acte diffamatoire. Le plus haut tribunal du pays a ainsi mis un terme à une longue poursuite opposant l'ancien directeur de campagne du Parti vert, Wayne Crookes, et le propriétaire et exploitant du…
ScribbleLive is looking for an engaged, curious, and self-starting j-student to help out with its recently launched j-school donation program, in which the company gifts ScribbleLive to j-schools across the country. The Toronto-based startup needs an intern to help train professors and j-students to cover events in real time. Other duties include: creating instructional videos,…
Canada's Indo-Canadian population is fuming over CBC's quiet cancellation of the Punjabi-language broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada. Ishani Nath on the controversy, the fight, and the whys behind the show's overwhelming popularity.
Dominique Payette's first Ontario talk about her controversial report; Julian Assange's lawyer on keeping the media accountable; the consequences of promising to keep sources confidential. J-Source associate editor Lauren McKeon liveblogged it all — and more — at the packed all-day panel series.
In the final installment of this two-part series, Nick Fillmore argues that journalists and community groups must develop larger independent and alternative Canadian media outlets if we want to preserve freedom of expression.
Long before candidates hit the trail, the Toronto Star knew it wanted to do something big, and interactive, for Ontario's provincial election. Rhiannon Russell goes behind the scenes of the Star's mega Speak Your Mind project.
Un Canadien sur quatre est d'avis que les médias d'ici ne sont pas à l'abri d'un scandale similaire à celui qui a mené à la fermeture du tabloïd News of the World (NOW), selon un sondage Ipsos Reid commandé par la Fondation pour le journalisme canadien (FJC), éditrice de ProjetJ.ca et J-Source.ca. Dans ce contexte,…
About 40 per cent of Canadians believe phone hacking and paying for story tips are tactics used by media here, according to a recently-released Ipsos Reid poll conducted on behalf of the Canadian Journalism Foundation.
Internet users who post hyperlinks to libellous material posted on other websites cannot be sued for repeating the libel, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The Oct. 19 ruling in Crookes v. Newton protects one of the most basic functions of the Internet — the ability of users to share links to material posted…
Après L'Écho de Trois-Rivières et L'Écho de Shawinigan lancés fin août, Quebecor Media récidive. Le conglomérat annonce la naissance d'un nouvel hebdomadaire à Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, au cœur des plates bandes du Canada Français acquis par Transcontinental au cours de l'été. Plus de 53 000 foyers de la Montérégie recevront L'Écho de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu dès demain.